Ticks are significant ectoparasites of animals and humans. Published data indicate that most
vectors that transmit livestock and human pathogens in sub-Saharan Africa, are native to the …

Chigger mites of the African continent are reviewed using data acquired from the literature
and examination of the collections deposited at the Royal Museum for Central Africa …

Ectoparasites like fleas, mites, and ticks that are key carriers of harmful pathogens such as
viruses, bacteria, cestodes, and nematodes live on rodents and shrews. It should be noted …

Anthropogenic habitat use is a major threat to biodiversity and is known to increase the
abundance of generalist host species such as rodents, which are regarded as potential …

Background Anthropogenic habitat change often results in altered landscapes that can
provide new environments where hosts, parasites and pathogens can interact. The latter can …

Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931 is the sole extant tick species that belongs to the genus
and family Nuttalliella and Nuttalliellidae respectively. With the characteristics that are …

To explore how biogeography, parasite life history and host vagility influences evolutionary
codivergences, we followed a comparative phylogeography approach using a host‐specific …

Worldwide, including Africa, rickettsioses are recognized as emerging or re-emerging
infections. To date, little is known about the diversity of Rickettsia species that are naturally …

Laelaps giganteus and Laelaps muricola (Mesostigmata; Laelapidae) are widespread and
locally abundant host generalists on small mammals in southern Africa. The large host …

Habitat fragmentation can adversely impact biodiversity, although where remnant fragments
of natural vegetation provide favourable conditions the negative effects of fragmentation may …